Abstract

Only limited information is readily available about the fleet carrier decommissioning process. These experiments were designed to record in detail the extent to which the decommissioning process affects normal carrier function, and to discover more information about the fate of stored ships, modules and cargo of both the owner and guests docked at the time of decommission.

Numerous inconsistencies with in-game documentation were discovered at all stages of the decommissioning process.

Preparation

The lightly-used Drake class fleet carrier Extravagance (H2T-LHV, Brewer Corporation), owned by CMDR JonAltriani (alt account of JonSatriani), was parked in orbit of the primary star of HIP 103311, an inhabited system in the Bubble offering carrier administration services.

The carrier had shipyard and outfitting installed, with test packages bought and modified.

<aside> 🏗️ Shipyard package installed: Cargo Basic (Tier 1/1: 10 Adders, 15 Haulers)

one Hauler sold
Sell stock value: 1,616,160 cr
Refill stock cost (one Hauler): 52,720 cr

Outfitting package installed: Cargo Racks (Tier 1/3: 30 C1, 25 C2, 20 C3)

one 2E cargo rack and one 1E cargo rack sold
Sell stock value: 318,260 cr
Refill stock cost: 4,250 cr

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JonSatriani prepared, as the carrier owner CMDR JonAltriani, two test ships, a test module and cargo aboard Extravagance.

<aside> 👨‍✈️ - Commander balance 471,315,358 cr

Last docked: Together An Ocean (Y8M-8XZ), HIP 103311

Main Ship: Hauler Decom Test Hauler

Insurance cost 2,362 cr
Cargo: 1 ton of Biowaste
modified to have 2T cargo space

Stored Ship: T9 Decom Test T9

Sale value 74,687,168 cr

Stored Module: 2E Cargo Rack

Sale value 3,250 cr

ARX: 319 (34/400 weekly cap)

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GlowyHedgehog prepared, as a guest, two test ships, a test module and cargo aboard Extravagance.

<aside> 👨‍✈️ - Commander balance 3,540,007 cr

Has unsold UC data
Last docked: FCOC Aurora, HIP 103311

Main Ship: Sidewinder Decom Test

Shields removed (to distinguish it from a default sidewinder)
Insurance cost 1,502 cr
Cargo: 1 ton of Hydrogen Fuel

Stored Ship: Sidewinder Decom Test Stored

Shields removed
Sale value 27,019 cr

Stored Module: 2E Shield Generator

Sale value 1,978 cr

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Before decommissioning testing began, the following attributes of Extravagance were noted.

<aside> 🚀 - Carrier balance: 9,465,580 cr

Capacity: 6,680/25,000
Tritium tank: 521T
Carrier cargo: 3 tons of Biowaste

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